Mission honors four first responders; Ambulance Board reports steady transports and staffing updates
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Summary
Mission Regional Medical Center presented challenge coins to four first responders for a life-saving Aug. 25, 2025 rescue. Ambulance Board chair Tim Brown reported average monthly transports (~500), response-time performance impacted by a unit in the shop, and that Medic 5 is now in service with Medic 6 pending licensure.
Mission Regional Medical Center and city officials on Jan. 13 recognized four emergency responders whose actions helped save a life in August 2025, and the Ambulance Board delivered its quarterly report to council.
Dr. Menendez recounted the Aug. 25 call where medics arrived to a patient without signs of life; a responding team established an airway, performed lifesaving interventions and transported the patient to Mission Regional Medical Center where the patient regained consciousness after two days. Hospital representatives presented the responders — Gabino Pena, Liana Rios, Jaime Gonzalez and Jose Trevino — with challenge coins and expressed appreciation for coordinated prehospital care.
Tim Brown, chairman of the Ambulance Board, presented July 31–Sept. 30 transport data, noting monthly transports averaged about 500 and that a July dip was caused by Medic 1 being in the shop. Brown said response times remain strong compared with national averages though slightly higher than in the prior report, attributed in part to being one ambulance short; he announced Medic 5 is now in service and Medic 6 is in the process of licensure. Brown also discussed cash collections, saying billing laws limit some collections, and that the city has engaged Emergicon previously to address collections.
Council thanked hospital staff and first responders; the ambulance report was accepted and opened for questions though none were raised.
